Patna: Police say Maoist rebels have kidnapped and killed six villagers in a thickly forested part of central India, alleging that the men were police informants.
R.K. Vij, a senior police official of Chattisgarh state said the bodies of the six men, whose throats were slit, were found on Sunday, a day after they were killed.
The men had been kidnapped from their village in the state's Rajnandgoan district on Thursday.
The area is about 40 miles (70 kilometres) west of state capital Raipur.
Inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, the rebels have fought the government for more than four decades, demanding land and jobs for tenant farmers and the poor.
About 2,000 people - including police, militants and civilians - have been killed in the past few years.
